Eight Regions of North America

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8 Regions of North America

1) Coastal Range2) Basin and Range3) Rocky Mountains4) Great Plains5) Interior Lowlands6) Canadian Shield7) Appalachian Mountains8) Coastal Plain

Coastal Range

West of the Rocky Mountains Stretches from Alaska to California Made up of Rugged Mountains and

Fertile Valleys

Coastal Range

Coastal Range

Basin and Range

West of the Rocky Mountains East of the Sierra Nevadas and the

Cascades Varying elevations and isolated

mountain ranges Death Valley

Death Valley is the lowest point in North America

Basin and Range

Rocky Mountains West of the Great Plains East of the Great Basin Rugged Mountains with High Elevations Includes the Continental Divide

The Continental Divide determines the directional flow of rivers

Rocky Mountains

Great Plains West of the Interior Lowlands East of the Rocky Mountains Flatlands that increase in elevation

slightly to the west Known for grasslands

Great Plains

Great Plains

Interior Lowlands

West of the Appalachian Mountains East of the Great Plains Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers Broad valleys and Grassy hills

Interior Lowlands

Interior Lowlands

Canadian Shield

Wraps around the southern portions of the Great Lakes and the Hudson Bay

Hills worn by erosion Hundreds of glacier carved lakes Some of the oldest rock formations in

North America

Canadian Shield

These are Trees.

Thousands of Lakes

Canadian Shield, rock formations

Appalachian Mountains

West of the Coastal Plain Range from Canada to western

Alabama Oldest mountains in North America Old eroded mountains

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

Coastal Plain

Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean Broad lowland with excellent harbors Borders the Gulf of Mexico Long sandy beaches

A bay in the Coastal Plain

Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plain